Is it possible to make money on Reddit?
Yes and no. Reddit is a highly moderated site of multiple online forums (subreddits) all following a sitewide set of rules called reddiquette. Each subreddit has its own personal parameters set for how they moderate but each one is incredibly unfriendly to new users. If you even hope to ever actually post to ANY subreddit or even comment you need to build up something called KARMA points. The more Karma you have which you acquire from (ironically) posts in subreddits that get upvotes the more trustworthy your account becomes.
The reality is most of the opportunities on Reddit are all slave labor and any actual money you could make is way below minimum wage. Most of what you'll find on Reddit are other people's stories about how they found success in a particular thing but never really divulge how you could take advantage of the same opportunity. Basically, the whole site is just people farming for Karma points so they can post to other subreddits.
The other side of that coin is how many of those stories are actually genuine? How do you or I know that that person actually did anything they claimed at all? The truth is you don't. There are plenty of believable stories on Reddit but there is no way to actually fact-check any of them, you just have to take their word for it. I wouldn't be surprised if it was like Youtube where Youtubers are just farming the site for ad revenue with bullshit. 99% lies and maybe 1% truth. Honestly, most YouTubers that make any money at all do so from the traffic they generate from their Youtube videos to their products and affiliate links they put in the description. Whereas Redditors are probably just lying to get more Karma points.
In the end, you can probably find some good ideas but don't expect that you'll be able to make any real money in the long run.
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